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Dear CEO friends and allies, As you may already know, today is “Giving Tuesday.” The Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) is the only organization in America dedicated to fighting against race-based public policy 24/7, and we are enjoying one of our busiest years yet. But before I ask for your continued support, I wanted to share with you just a few highlights of our most recent work. Critical Race Theory. Once an obscure academic endeavor, CRT has burst into national mainstream consciousness. CEO has joined the fierce resistance to CRT’s tenet of race conscious equity of outcome by debating the …
by Linda Chavez, CEO Chairman Is America a deeply racist society, whose very institutions perpetuate the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow? Unfortunately, to answer “No” — even a qualified “No” — is becoming harder by the day. Since the horrific killing of George Floyd, millions have taken to the streets to protest not just police violence but to insist that systemic racism infects everything, everywhere in the lives of African Americans and others of color. If blacks and Hispanics are disproportionately more likely than whites to be shot by police, live in poverty, have higher unemployment rates, or die …
By Hans Bader It is now dangerous for an academic to conduct or even discuss research that shows an absence of racial bias in the criminal justice system. An Asian-American college official was forced to resign his position after discussing such research, as The College Fix reports in the article, “Scholar forced to resign over study that found police shootings not biased against blacks.” As it notes: Michigan State University leaders have successfully pressured Stephen Hsu to resign from his position as vice president of research…The main thrust to oust Hsu came because the professor touted Michigan State research that found police …
The data don’t show racial bias in police use of deadly force. A few viral videos don’t prove otherwise. So far, we haven’t seen a shred of evidence that George Floyd’s death in police custody last month was racially motivated. But for those looking to exploit the incident, that doesn’t seem to matter. Continue reading here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-police-racism-isnt-an-epidemic-11592952420?redirect=amp#click=https://t.co/buWWT8SZDL Related posts: Good News: Trump Rescinds Obama’s “Affirmative Action” Guidance Did Juan Williams libel LU’s Hans Bader? The Washington Post’s Not-So-Fine Op-Ed CEO Praises Justice Department
Peter Kirsanow has written excellent posts here and here and here regarding the pernicious attempt in California to revoke its Proposition 209 so that preferential treatment on the basis of race, ethnicity, and sex — a.k.a. affirmative action — can be reinstated in state and local public education, contracting, and employment. I just wanted to add that anyone who wants to sign a petition urging state legislators to vote against this execrable idea may do so here. Related posts: TESTIMONY OF ROGER CLEGG, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL, CENTER FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT We Need More …
The Title IX final rules released today by the Department of Education require major and most welcome changes in the procedures used by almost all public and private schools and campuses campuses across the country to investigate and adjudicate alleged sexual assaults and harassment. The current campus reality is a de facto presumption of guilt, which the Obama Administration demanded and most campuses readily adopted, with minimal procedural protections for accused students and guilt-presuming “training” of investigators and adjudicators. Most campuses have given accused students and their advocates no right to cross-examine accusers and other witnesses – despite repeated Supreme …
Two Caveats re Race and the Coronavirus The data are starting to show that the coronavirus is having a disproportionate impact on African Americans. I raise two caveats. First, beware of using race as a proxy for underlying conditions (various health issues and, a step removed, poverty and geography) that are the real reason for the disparities. Second, beware of blaming discrimination as the sole or even main cause of these underlying conditions, when there are likely many other causes, often cultural and behavioral. A Study of Little Interest A recent study says it has found that, in states that have banned racial …
Kudos to Idaho! A couple of months ago, I flagged a bill that had been introduced in the state legislature there which would ban all discrimination and preference on the basis of race, ethnicity, and sex in public contracting, education, and employment. I’m now happy to report that the bill passed both houses and last week was signed into law by the governor. Well done! As I noted in the earlier post, here’s hoping that more states (and the federal government) follow suit. In the meantime, however, Peter Kirsanow has flagged a bill in California that would do exactly the opposite, namely remove the state law …
In this week’s email we simply want to express that our prayers are with all of you during this difficult time. As you know, the Center for Equal Opportunity’s guiding principle is the same as our Nation’s traditional motto: E pluribus unum — Out of many, one. Those words seem particularly appropriate now, when all Americans are standing together against a common foe. We at CEO are doing what we can to help stem the terrible tide, and have temporarily closed our offices. We are sad to report that our chairman’s family has recently suffered a sad loss. …
